Carry

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
3. A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
4. The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
5. The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
6. The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
7. Carried interest.
8. The sky; cloud-drift.
   UK, dialectal

Equivalents

Examples

“Adjust your carry⟳ from time to time so that you don’t tire⟳ too quickly.”

“When he and his Cincinnati Bengal playmates were done with the AFC’s best defense, that of the New York-New Jersey Jets, he had done Supermannish damage⟳ — 30 carries, 139 yards and two TDs — as the Bengals won, 36-19.”

“Undrowned, unducked, as safe from the perils of the broad lake as we had come⟳ out of the defiles of the rapids, we landed at the carry⟳ below the dam at the lake’s outlet.”

“On paper, simply add⟳ the carry⟳ to the next addition; that is, $B2 + $9C + 1. That’s fine for paper, but how is it done by computer?”

“The carry⟳ on this trade⟳ is 25 basis points per annum.”

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